Case and PSU for oc

[Dobromir Kalchevski]

Hi,

my conf is:
i7 3770k
Asus P8Z77-V LK
Mushkin Redline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB classified
Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM
1TB WD Caviar Blue

my question is
which one is better for oc NZXT Guardian 921 (3 fans for use) or FD Core 3000 (6 fans for use)

I mean the nzxt looks really amazing ...

and also is the Fortron RAIDER 750W 80+ bronze enough ? in johnny guru it passes the bronze test, but how much room for oc do i get with it (counting GPU and CPU both)

 

[AxlFone]

Get this psu. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-capstone750m
Really good and cheap price now.
Id go for Fractal case. That is cheap and good build quality.
750w is enough for OC that cpu + gpu.

 

[gaborbarla]

Hi, I think either case is good if you use a water-block for the CPU which I would much recommend if you overclock.
I think 750 should be more than enough for overclocking but I would go with Corsair if there is an option.

 

[Christian Angelo]

For the case, buy the one that has better build quality and airflow. At a glance I'd go with the fractal design, more fans, looks like better airflow and dust filters...plus it looks classier. But that's just my opinion

http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards

Referring to this link the recommended system minimum with that card is 550w with 38A. For overclocking I'd probably go 600w or higher.

http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

Following this link, all the FSPs are tier 3, you can certainly do better than that for the price (Newegg has that for 100 bucks). Such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151118

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $93.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 09:29 EDT-0400)

 

[Dobromir Kalchevski]

thanx so far,

well I'm actually not in North America, so prices are a little bit different here and even prices same there can still be quite quite different here ...

basically higher quality even at the same price has higher price and many components simply cannot even be found

so my point is if in the tests fortron raider 750W says 720 @ full load/840 from the main what can be the problem ? are the voltage instabilities that bad ? in the tests it only says it should not be crossloaded but I assume that cannot happen in my setup ?

otherwise thank you for the posts, I read the class list for PSUs from eggxpert

the Seagate 650W here is almost twice the price and the Rosewill is not imported, so I'm left again with some principle questions like ...

I guess I can depend on that fortron for lets say ... 5 yrs ? and can I expect my system to be stable (I'm not planning on 24/7 loads but .... may be some 24/3-4 load very rarely and mostly some gaming for a couple of hours a day ...

 

[Christian Angelo]

thanx so far,

well I'm actually not in North America, so prices are a little bit different here and even prices same there can still be quite quite different here ...

basically higher quality even at the same price has higher price and many components simply cannot even be found

so my point is if in the tests fortron raider 750W says 720 @ full load/840 from the main what can be the problem ? are the voltage instabilities that bad ? in the tests it only says it should not be crossloaded but I assume that cannot happen in my setup ?

otherwise thank you for the posts, I read the class list for PSUs from eggxpert

the Seagate 650W here is almost twice the price and the Rosewill is not imported, so I'm left again with some principle questions like ...

I guess I can depend on that fortron for lets say ... 5 yrs ? and can I expect my system to be stable (I'm not planning on 24/7 loads but .... may be some 24/3-4 load very rarely and mostly some gaming for a couple of hours a day ...

If it's the best you can get with your budget in your country then go for it, 750w is plenty for you setup anyway. Basically fsp psu is middle of the road in quality, not great but not terrible.